Bold and Beautiful’s Ridge and Brooke Made Love and Other Big Soap Moments From August 25

In 1988, one of Bold and Beautiful's signature couples, Ridge Forrester (then-Ronn Moss) and Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) made love for the first time. The two had met in the early days of the show, which premiered in 1987, and were involved in a love triangle with Caroline Spencer, who briefly wound up married to Ridge's brother, Thorne Forrester. Ridge and Caroline tied the knot in 1990, sending Brooke into the arms of Ridge's father, Eric Forrester. When Caroline passed away in 1990, Ridge romanced Taylor Hayes, and they wed in 1992. Ridge and Brooke made their first of many trips to the altar in 1994.

In 2005 on Young and Restless, after Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei, with Lauralee Bell as Christine, r.) was found guilty of vehicular homicide following the death of Cassie Newman, his anguished mother, Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) pleaded with the judge to reconsider. The judge gave her permission to speak, but warned her, "Understand that the guilt or innocence phase of this trial is over. It's gonna be pointless for you to try to convince me that your son didn't do it." Undeterred, Phyllis told him, "I know a little bit about jail. And I know that it's a place where good people go and they become bad people. And bad people go and they become really bad people. But, you see, Daniel, my son, he gets it. He gets it. He's learned. What happened that night, it's never — it's never gonna happen again, and it's gonna stay with him forever, right? Right, Daniel? It's gonna stay with you forever. See? So he knows he has to be careful now, and he understands that life is precious and it's fragile. And regardless of who was driving, that doesn't even matter. My son has changed, and that's the point I'm making. You don't have to keep on changing him. You don't have to keep on trying to change him."

In 2009, General Hospital’s Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton), who had broken up, made love while searching for two of Sonny Corinthos's kids, Kristina (Sam's half sister) and Michael, who had run away to Cancun.

In 2011, Robin Strasser aired for the final time on ABC in the iconic role of One Life to Live's Dorian Lord. Strasser was the third actress to portray her, following Nancy Pinkerton and Claire Malis (with Elaine Princi assuming the role during one of Strasser's absences from the show). Her first stint in Llanview lasted from 1979-87, and she returned from 1993-2000 and 2003-11. In 1982, she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Dorian. Strasser briefly played Dorian again on the short-lived 2013 Internet reboot of OLTL.

In 2017,  Julian Jerome (William deVry) was sentenced to 20 years in prison on General Hospital for a wide range of crimes, despite his compelling testimony that he had been acting on the behest of his sister, Olivia Jerome, who had threatened the lives of his family members. As he was led away, Julian urged a sobbing Alexis, his ex-wife, to forget him.